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New Safety Standards Issued by ASSE and ANSI (News Note)

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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)  have recently announced their approval of two new safety standards to enhance construction site safety.

The two new standards, which are set to take effect during June 2012, are the ANSI/ASSE A10.1-2011 Pre-Project and Pre-Task Safety and Health Planning for Construction and Demolition Operations, and the ANSI/ASSE A10.26-2011 Emergency Procedures for Construction and Demolition Sites.

The new A10.1-2011 standard was designed to assist construction owners, contractors, and designers by ensuring that safety and health planning were standard parts of their pre-construction planning. It is also intended to help owners of construction sites to establish a process for evaluating constructor candidates with regard to their safety and health performance planning.

The A10.26 standard applies to emergency situations, including fires, collapses, and hazardous spills. The standard deals with emergency rescue, evacuation, and transportation of injured workers, and also plans for coordinating with emergency medical facilities ahead of potential disasters.

In addition, the ANSI/ASSE A10.33-2011 standard, Safety and Health Program Requirements for Multi-Employer Projects, received an update, which will become effective May 7, 2012. The standard delivers minimum requirements for programs where multiple employers are engaged in a common undertaking, and is intended to address cost-efficient and coordinated safety on the construction site.

These new standards are part of a larger rollout designed by the A10 Accredited Standards Committee on Safety Requirements for Construction and Demolition operations.

Comments or questions? Drop me a line in the comments section, below.

Source: ABC.org. 

Project Management – learn it, use it, avoid a lawsuit (Free Webinar– THIS Tuesday!)

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listeningWant to learn more about how to use project management as a risk avoidance tool?  Sure you do! 

Join the Hall & Company folks for this month’s free webinar entitled, “Effective Project Management Practices as a Key Risk Management Strategy.”

The webinar will discuss:

1. The essential elements of a solid Project Management Plan and why “Planning a project will not guarantee success, but failure to plan will guarantee failure.”
2. Why your project’s scope, schedule and budget are considered a “three-legged stool” and how to manage the big risks associated with project changes.  
3. Why effective communications are absolutely essential to project success, why poor communications have been described as the biggest contributor to project problems and what every project manager needs to know about communicating with their clients.
4. Ensuring quality in every aspect of project delivery as a fundamental risk management strategy.  The quality of the project and project deliverables will be remembered much longer than the project’s schedule, budget or project manager!  
5. Why project risks need to be identified, understood and managed so they don’t become business risks for your firm.

When?  THIS Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 1pm EST

Register Here

This presentation has been approved for AIA Continuing Education credit (1LU).

Happy listening!

Photo: (c) Mike Quinn via Creative Commons license.

7 Critical Mistakes that Engineers & Architects Make that Sabotage their Projects

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7 critical mistakes engineers & architects makeA lawsuit could cost your company thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of dollars.  You will spend more time with your lawyer than you’d like– time you’d otherwise be able to spend on your business.  Sound fun?  Of course not. 

What can you do to lessen your risks of a lawsuit? 

Take a few minutes right now to download my free 6 page white paper entitled 7 Critical Mistakes that Engineers & Architects make that Sabatoge their Projects & Invite Litigation.  If you know what these critical, yet common, mistakes are, you can take steps to minimize your risk of being sued. 

Check it out by going to the right hand side of the blog’s main page and submitting a request for your free copy today.

Roofing performance & codes – Free webinar tomorrow (the “it’s-not-Tue” Tip)

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Apologies for the late notice, but this one just crossed my desk:  Tomorrow, January 26, 2012, at 2pm EST, Architectural Roofing & Waterproofing UniverArchitectural Roofing Universitysity will present a free webinar entitled

“Code Changes, Point Programs and the Roofing Industry.”

Here’s the description from the presenter:
Webinar will discuss issues that are important to both roof performance and to assure the new Code requirements are met. A few lessons learned and industry needs will be presented along with things that can or must be done in the meanwhile. It is not all bad news; after all, we are the industry problem solvers. As new problems arise our value and opportunities increase.

Attend this webinar to learn:

• How to identify and avoid trouble with new regulatory requirements
• New approaches and product to best avoid constructability and performance issues caused by compliance with new regulatory requirements
• Solutions to problems encountered and venues to help share solutions utilized
• How to think forward concerning the pitfalls associated with implementation of new technology and regulations

Speaker: David R. Hawn, FRCI, RRC, CEM, President, Dedicated Roof and Hydro-Solutions, LLC

Webinar qualifies for 1.0 AIA Learning Unit

Registration is required.

Do you know of upcoming webinars, seminars, or conferences that you think readers of this blog should know about?  Drop me a line or comment below.

 

How to Avoid (?) Professional Liability Claims and Manage Liability Exposure (Tue Tip)

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Tuesday plaqueHave you made it your New Year’s resolution to practice better risk management at your Firm this year?  If not, you should! There is always something you can do to lessen your risks of a lawsuit.  Here’s an easy one:  make plans to attend the next Hall & Company webinar, entitled: “Lessons Learned: Practical Advice on how to Avoid Professional Liability Insurance Claims and Manage Professional Liability Insurance Exposures“.  

The presentation promises:

1.  An overview of some of the largest professional liability insurance claims Hall & Co. has seen the past 20+ years
2.  A review on how these claims could have been avoided
3.  A review on how these claims could have been better insured
4.  And finally, a discussion on how these claims could have been better managed.

  • When: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
  • Time: 1:00 pm EDT/12:00pm CDT/10:00am PDT
  • FREE to attend, and the class is approved for AIA Continuing Education (1LU).  Preregistration is required.

Do you know of an upcoming conference, webinar, seminar, or presentation that others might benefit from?  Please share and let me know.

Photo:  (c) Leo Reynolds via CC.